Fastener for glass shoe-cases.



'No. 693,736. Patented Fab. l8, I902.

P. OLSEN.

FASTENEB FOR GLASS SHOW GASES.

' (Application filed Nov. 14, 1901.) (No Model.)

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PEDER OLSEN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PAUL M. HOFSTAD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

FASTENER FOR GLASS SHOW-CASES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,73 6, dated February 18, 1902.

Application filed November 14, 1901. Serial No. 82,297. (No mgdel.)

T a 1077107771 it m y OOYMMYW erepresents the clamping-section,\vl1ich, as Be it known that I, PEDER OLSEN, a citizen shown, is in the form of a yoke, with the outer of the United States of America, residing in surfaces of the prongs flared. the city of Minneapolis, in the county of I-Ien- 5 represents the binding-section, which, as 5 5 5 nepin and State of Minnesota, have invented shown, is also in the form of a yoke and is certain new and useful Improvements in Fasadapted to receive the clamping-section teners for Glass Show-Cases, of which the folthough it will be noted that as the latter is lowing is a specification. drawn up into it, as hereinafter described,

My invention relates to improvements in the flaring sides of the yoke l bind in the yoke IO the construction of show-cases, in which the 5, compressing theprongs of the yoke-itightly side, end, and top panels or plates are comagainst the panel or plate inserted therebe posed of glass, especially of plate-glass, and tween. The head of the yoke 5 has an opening more particularly to simple, cheap, and efficoinciding with a similar threaded openingin cient means by which the side or end plates the head of the yoke 4:, and through these 15 or panels may be held and support-ed in conthe threaded shank of the button 6 is adaptjunction with the top plate. ed to work. In practice the glass panel is My object is to provideasimple, cheap, and notched, as shown at 7, and the end of the durable fastener; and to this end my invenshank of the button extends into this notch tion consists in a fastener composed of a when the fastener has been clamped into the 2o clamping-section, abinder-section, and abutposition shown in Fig. l.

ton orheaded section havingathreaded shank This fastener is designed particularly for adapted to pass through said binding-section use on long plate-glass show-cases in which and operating in a threaded bearing in said it is necessary to provide secure supports for clamping-section adapted to draw said clampthe top edges of the end and side panels or 25 ing-section npintosaid binding-section,thereplates, and it is seen that by the use of my by firmly gripping the end or side plate or device any working of the side or end panels panel inserted between said gripping or clam pis prevented. ing section and holding the same firmly in Having thus described my invention, I

place. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 30 To these ends my invention consists in the Patent 1 construction and combinations of parts here- 1. In ashow-case, the combination, with the inafterdescribed,and particularly pointed out side or end panel, of a top plate, said top plate in the claims, and will be more readily unprovided with an opening adapted to receive derstood by reference to the accompanying a retainer, a binding-section adapted to be 35 drawings, forming part of this specification, inserted through said opening and to receive in whichthe edge of said end or side panel, a clamp- Figure lisa sectional view of one ofmyfasing section or yoke adapted to be passed teners in connection with the top plate and through said opening in said top plate and to end or side panel. Fig. 2 is a sectional view receive said binding section, the head of said 40 thereof on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 clamping-section provided with an opening,

shows the fastener as the same appears bea threaded opening in said first-named secfore the button is screwed up to draw the retion coinciding with said openingin the clamptaining or clamping section tight. Fig. 4 is ing-section, and a retaineror button provided a view of the same after the button has been with a shank adapted to be passed through 5 45 tightened and the clamping-section drawn up said opening in said clamping-section and into its position for retaining the top and side screwed into said threaded opening in said plates together. Fig. 5 is a perspective view binding-section, whereby as said button is of the fastener. Fig. 6 is a bottom View of turned said shank is screwed into said threadthe fastener. ed opening, drawing said binding-section up 50 As shown in the drawings, 2 represents the into said clamping-section, said retainer or top plate, and 3 the side or end plate or panel. button provided with a flaring head adapted to form a bearing on said top-plate at the sides .of the opening therethrough, substantially as described.

2. The'combination, with a section or yoke 4, having a threaded opening in'its head, of a yoke 5 adapted to receive the same, and a button having a shank threaded and adapted to pass through an opening in said yoke 5 and be screwed up into said opening of the yoke 4, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a yoke 4 provided with a threaded bearing in its head and having flaring sides, of a yoke 5 adapted to receive said yoke 4 and to compress the I same 

